5 wks old, 10 lbs 6 oz, 21 inches + growing

There's Frogs and then there's 1200 Frogs

Yeah, I like frogs and when I saw this frog towel at Pottery Barn Kids , I just had to have it. I Thought it would jazz up the whole let's give Rider a bath dealio. I like it and it's cooler than the bunny. But for this guy in Duson, Louisiana his likeness for frogs is just a little weird for me. He has 1200 frogs in six pools in the backyard.

Life is good

Dad's at work, mom and I are kick'n it at home and I just found this pic mom snapped of dad and I taking a nap on the couch the other day. Life is good.

BLONDES ARE ADORED

This is a pic of me w/ my oldest cousin Olivia. She's super cool and I can't wait to see her again.

1 Month Old + Photo Dump

Ok. Since my last post.. I've turned 1 month old. Wow. 4 weeks (and change), 31 Days. 744 hours, 44,640 minutes and a boatload of diapers later and here I am. Happy 1 month b-day to me and thank you Nonnie for coming to see me on Sunday. It was lots of fun going to breakfast with you.

Alrighty, enough about me... here's some more pics... including a pic of me w/ Aunt Kristin and me w/ uncle Colin and my cousin Barrett and then some random pics of me. Well, okay, I am still talking about me, but hey that's why this is called Rider's blog.

Everybody wants to hold me. Part II

More pics... Poppie Jim, Uncle Colin and Uncle Chops

Everybody wants to hold me

It's Friday night and I'm awake so I figured I'd catch up and post more pics. Below is Dad in the first 2 pics, Mimi Shelton, Nonni Cooley and Aunt Eileen.

ROCK STAR

This sleep thing isn't working out right now... so i figured i'd post one of Mimi Shelton's favorite pics.
That's right, I'm her little Rock Star!

Mom + Me

Just got back from grilling out with Mom, Dad, Uncle Colin, Aunt Kristin, Uncle Chops + Aunt LC. I ate the usual but everyone else chowed down on burgers, brats and chicken. Before going to bed I wanted to do a photo dump from some photos of my mom and me when i was first born. Enjoy!

Kicking + Screaming

Greetings everyone, it's me - Rider Caywood Cooley - and here's the first rant on my blog.

I was born on Thursday, August 17 at 3:43pm. Same birthday as my great grandfather, Charles P. They say I weighed 9lbs 3.4 ozs and was 20.5 inches but I quickly slimmed down to about 8lbs 6 ozs before leaving the hospital.

Not sure where my first name Rider was derived from... some say its because Poppa Jim's favorite movie is Easy Rider. My middle name, Caywood, is a family name. My Pop Pop Cooley, who past away before I was born, was named Caywood Edward Cooley and his father, my other great grandfather was Caywood Clay Cooley.

My mom's name is Erika and my dad's is Brian. If you don't know either of them - you probably shouldn't be on this site.